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Hardcover Books Are Fairly Expensive These Days And To Read One Requires A Significant Commitment Of Time In Our Busy Society. So I Want To Make Sure That When Readers Buy One Of My Books They Get Something They're Familiar With.

I've Often Said That There's No Such Thing As Writer's Block; The Problem Is Idea Block. When I Find Myself Frozen-whether I'm Working On A Brief Passage In A Novel Or Brainstorming About An Entire Book-it's Usually Because I'm Trying To Shoehorn An Idea Into The Passage Or Story Where It Has No Place.

In Suspense Novels Even Subplots About Relationships Have To Have Conflict.

Ideally, I Like To Integrate The Human Issues Into The Suspense Story Itself.

In The Shaded Portions Where The Two Spheres Of Different Lives Meet, Certain Fundamentals- Moods, Loves, Fears, Angers- Can't Be Hidden. That's The Contract.